Worth Noting

October 22, 1995

Notre Dame made the Bowl Alliance happy by knocking off Southern California and ruining the Rose Bowl's dream of unbeaten teams. The Fighting Irish should now finish 9-2 and take one of the six Alliance slots in the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls. The most intriguing bowl opponent for Notre Dame would be Miami; the Orange Bowl could put it together.

-- Big East leader Syracuse (6-1) should finally climb into the Top 25 after its impressive 22-0 victory over West Virginia.

-- Question for pollsters: Isn't it time to rank Northwestern ahead of Michigan?

-- Heartbreak team of the season: Virginia. The Cavaliers, which lost its opener to Michigan 18-17 on the final play, was beaten by Texas 17-16 on a last-second field goal Saturday.

-- Virginia Tech's five-game winning streak is its longest in one season since Frank Beamer became coach in 1987.

-- Warning to Tennessee and Florida: South Carolina (4-3-1), which routed Vanderbilt 52-14 Saturday, has a tie and three victories the past four weeks after starting 1-3. The Gamecocks face the Vols Saturday and the Gators Nov. 11.

-- Oklahoma State ended a 20-game Big Eight winless streak with a 30-26 victory over Missouri.

-- Auburn stopped Western Michigan 34-13, but the Tigers, the top-rated offense in the SEC, were outgained 327-263.

-- N.C. State (2-5) ended a five-game losing streak with a 41-38 win over Duke.

-- Maryland (5-2), which fell to Clemson 17-0, has lost two of three since its 4-0 start.

-- It was a snowy Saturday in Bozeman, Mont., as Weber State downed Montana State 14-7. All three scores came after turnovers as 4 inches of snow fell during the first half.

-- Coach John Gagliardi took sole possession of second place on the career victory list when St. John's defeated Carleton 35-14. Gagliardi's 324th victory moved him past Bear Bryant.

-- Northeastern defeated Boston University 14-3 for the first time since 1976.

-- In a driving rainstorm on Long Island, Charleston Southern fumbled 12 times, losing five, and had only 27 yards in total offense in a 56-6 loss to Hofstra.

-- Don Faurot, who died Thursday at 93, was honored with a moment of silence prior to Missouri's game with Oklahoma State at Faurot Field. Missouri players joined hands in the shape of a football at midfield to honor Faurot, the winningest coach in school history.